90 
CLARKE. 
2. Eleocharis variegata Presl ! in Olcen Isis 21 (1828) 269. 
Dried stems nearly terete, not transversely septate. 
Mauritius, Madagascar. 
Var. /3 laxiflora Hook. j. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: 626; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 
(1903) 229. Scirpus laxiflorus Thwaites, Enum. PI. Zeyl. 435. 
Luzon, (738, 739 Loher). 
India and Malaya, frequent ; also in Polynesia and Central America. 
Subgenus 2. Eleogenus. Style 2-fid; annuals. 
3. Eleocharis ochreata Nees in Linnsea 9 (1834) 294. 
Leaf-sheaths with a large scarions margin which easily rubs away. 
Luzon, (742 Loher.) 
Scattered in the warm parts of the Old World; abundant in the New World. 
4. Eleocharis atropurpurea Kunth, Enum. 2 (1837) 151. 
Margins of the leaf -sheaths herbaceous; hypogynous bristles white, 
shining. 
Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: 627; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 226. 
Luzon, Manila, ( Bart he ) (in herb. Paris). 
Tropical and warm countries throughout the World. 
5. Eleocharis capitata R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 225. 
Margins of the leaf -sheaths herbaceous; hypogynous bristles pale- 
reddish, or red-brown. 
Presl, Rel. Haenk. 1: 196; Decaisne in Nouv. Ann. Mus. Paris, 3 (1834) 361; 
Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 299 et Suppl. 261; Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: 627; 
Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 227. Eleocharis atropurpurea Presl, 
Rel. Haenk. 1 : 106, non Kunth. 
Luzon, (Llanos); (55 Merrill). 
In tropical and warm countries ; common in both the Old and New World. 
Subgenus 3. Eueleocharis. Style 3-fid; annuals. 
6. Eleocharis chaetaria Roem. et Sell. Syst. 2 (1817) 154, Mant. 90, 540. 
Nut conspicuously cancellate. 
Moritzi Verz. Zoll. Pfl. 96; Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: 629. Eleocharis setacea 
R. Br. Prodr. 224, in adn., neque E. setacea R. Br. Prodr. 225. Chaetocyperus 
setaceus Nees in Linnsea 9 (1834) 289; Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 298 et Suppl. 
261. 
Luzon, Benguet, (741 Loher). 
In southeastern Asia and tropical America, abundant; rare in tropical Africa. 
The plant is usually a small annual; but sometimes has a slender rhizome 2.5 
to 5 cm. long, and is (at least) biennial. 
7. Eleocharis afflata Steud. ! in Zoll. Verz. Ind. Archip. heft 2, (1854) 62 
et Cyp. 76. 
Nut smooth, hypogynous bristles 6, overlapping the nut. 
Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3 : 279 ; Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6 : 629 ; Hemsl. in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 226. Eleocharis suhprolifera Steud. ! in Zoll. Verz. Ind. 
